Portfolio.



PATENTED JULY 2, 1907.

J. B. PITOHER.

PORTFOLIO.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25, 1906.

R O 0 T N E V N W WITNESSES:

. ATTORNEY n-m NORRIS Psrnes cm, WASHINGTON, n. c.

ticularly designed for the use of agents and solicitors UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BERT PITGHER, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.

PORTFOLIO.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .TAMEs BERT PITCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portfolios; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to portfolios and is more'parwhose business requires them to carry papers for reference although the device is by no means limited in itsgether with a flexible cover piece capable of being wrapped around the pocketed body portion.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a portfolio, a portion of which is stiffened and is provided with means for removably securing a pad of paper or other material thereto.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a flexible means to which papers or foldable articles can be secured, the flexible means associated with one of the pockets of the portfolio and removably receivable therein with the attached papers.

My invention further consists in certain other novel features and combinations of parts together with their equivalents such as will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is illustrated one embodiment of which my invention is capable, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the portfolio open to afford access to the pockets, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the portfolio opened to permit the use of a writing tablet or memorandum removably secured to a stiffened'wall of the portfolio, Fig. 3 is an end view showing the portfolio'partially open.

The portfolio comprises a body portion consisting of the two bellows fold pockets 1 and 2 arranged back to back, the rear wall 3 of one pocket being continued over to form the rear wall 4 of pocket 2, which rear wall 4 is stiffened in any suitable manner to form an unyielding back designed to receive and afford support for a pad of paper for instance, any suitable fastening means such as 5 being employed to removably secure a pad 6 to the stiffened back of pocket 2, the backs of the two pockets adapted to fold together whereby the pad is kept covered and protected from injury or discoloration. By this arrangement, the mouths of the two pockets lie side by side to permit the insertion or extraction of papers with care and dispatch and also permitting pocket 2 to be quickly turned over to afford access to the pad. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 25, 1906. Serial No. 318,723-

Patented July 2, 1907.

remaining wall 7 of pocket 1 is extended to form a flexible flap cover 8 of a length sufficient to fold over the adjacent mouths of pockets 1 and 2, across pocket 2 and thence around the bottoms 9, 9, of the pockets and over upon pocket 1, thereby effectually preventing the accidental loss of papers contained in the pockets.

Preferably I form a gusseted bellows fold pocket 10 on the inner face of the flap cover and such pocket may or may not be divided into two compartments by the partition 11. When in folded or closed position, the pocket 10 lies over upon pocket 2, the mouth of pocket 10 when insuch position opening oppositely to pockets 1 and 2, but when the portfolio is in open position all the pockets open in the same direction.

As an additional means for preventing the loss of papers, or other material, I provide the following device. Within the pocket 1 I insert one end of a canvas flap 12 which end is secured Within the pocket preferably to one wall thereof, the flap being of such length that it may protrude from the pocket some distance and overlie the flexible cover 8 and the pocket 10 thereon.

Valuable papers may be pinned or otherwise secured to the outer free end of the canvas flap and may be folded therewith and inserted in the pocket 1. In order to withdraw them all that is necessary is to reach into the pocket 1, grasp the free end of the flap 12 and pull it out, the papers or other material being removed with the free end of the flap.

From the foregoing it is obvious that I have devised a most compact portfolio adapted to contain a maximum amount of papers in a minimum of space and affording the utmost security possible against loss.

The portfolio is inexpensive to manufacture and may be placed on the market at a comparatively low figure. Furthermore, to agents and solicitors, the removable pad is a great convenience, as notes may be taken thereon or blank contracts substituted in place thereof. Indeed the uses to which this agents outfit may be appropriated are many and it is evident that changes within the limits of the claims might be made in the form, arrangement and materials of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth.

Having thus fully disclosed my invention, what I claim as new, is

1. A portfolio comprising a body portion consisting of a plurality of pockets, two adjacent pockets being arranged back to back, the hack of one of said pockets being stiffened, means for removably securing a pad thereto, the back of the opposite pocket normally serving as a protection to the pad, and a flexible cover flap surrounding the pockets.

2 A portfolio comprising a pair of pocket sections, the upper adjacent edges of which pocket sections are connected so that the sections may lie opposite each other mouth to mouth, or side by side each other, an extension flap projecting from the free upper edge of one of the pockets, the flap being of such length as to extend across the opposite pocket section and overlap the first named pocket section, and a pocket carried by such extension, the mouth of the extension pocket being located and opening toward the bottom 01 the opposite pocket section across which the flap extends.

3. A portfolio comprising a body portion consisting of a plurality of pocket sections, and a flexible flap, one end of which is secured within one of the pockets, the flap adapted to have material secured thereto, folded therewith and removably receivable in the pocket.

4. A portfolio comprising a body portion consisting of a plurality of pocket sections, the pockets arranged back to back, one of the backs being stiffened to aiford a support for a pad, 3. fastening means for removably securing the pad to the stilfened back, the back of the opposite pocket normally lying over the pad and serving as a protection therefor, an outside wall of one of the pockets being extended to form a flexible cover flap of such length as to approximately completely surround the pockets, pockets formed on the inside of the cover flap, and a flexible flap, one end of which is secured within one of the pockets, the free end of the flexible flap removably receivable in the pockets, the last named flap adapted to have papers secured thereto.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES BERT PITCHER.

Witnesses Dorm OKnnnn, RALPH S. WARFIELD. 

